Most homeowners will be pleased when they see our latest Valley Home Values report tracking home prices and sales by ZIP code. Regional reports are in your community Republic today, and the full report is in The Republic on Sunday.

Some homeowners may want even more specific housing data, particularly for large ZIP codes. So this year, we are breaking down ZIP codes by mail-carrier routes to give consumers a much deeper look at metro Phoenix’s housing market.

Why mail-carrier routes? Because they work within ZIP codes unlike census tracts, which often overlap them. A typical mail-carrier route can span four to 12 blocks, depending on how many houses or apartments are part of route.

Buckeye’s 85326 ZIP code had 1,672 home sales in it during 2012, more than any other Valley ZIP code. Within 85326, there are 31 mail-carrier routes. The median sales price for the entire ZIP code is $105,000. But four mail-carrier routes within the Buckeye ZIP code have a median price of more than $145,000.

The Phoenix mail-carrier route with the highest median price is in 85018, which encompasses the Biltmore area. Carrier route 85018-C041 has a median sales price of $1.2 million. Carrier route 85018-C042 has a median of less than $300,000.

The mail-carrier route with the highest median price in metro Phoenix is in Paradise Valley. The 85253-C003 route has a median of $1.7 million. The overall median sale price for Paradise Valley is $1.1 million. The route with the lowest median home-sales price — $530,000 — in the town is 85253-C034.

The lowest median sales price for a carrier route in metro Phoenix is $15,000. The route 85004-C038 is in downtown Phoenix.

Republic senior data reporter Ryan Konig compiled the mail-carrier route data. Go to www.azcentral.com/realestate/homevalues/mcr.php and see how your ZIP+4 area and others fared with recent home-sale trends. If you don’t know the mail-carrier route for a particular address, you will find information there on how to look it up.

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